Species profile
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AF. Breeding subregions are tropical to subtropical stony plains of e and s Africa.
- Scientific name
- Rhinoptilus africanus
- Family
- Glareolidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Rhinoptilus
Recording Double-banded Courser in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Glareolidae
- Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella)
- Becassius charadriioides (Becassius charadriioides)
- Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
- Boutersemia belgica (Boutersemia belgica)
- Boutersemia parvula (Boutersemia parvula)
- Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
- Burchell's Courser (Cursorius rufus)
- Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)